Changeset 5f63ccf for BOOK/final-preps

Timestamp:

May 17, 2014, 9:50:17 PM (11 years ago)

Author:

Chris Staub <chris@…>

Branches:

clfs-3.0.0-sysvinit, sysvinit

Children:

e8f3474

Parents:

dbf50c0c

Message:

Reworded test suite pages

File:

• BOOK/final-preps/abouttestsuites.xml (modified) (1 diff)

BOOK/final-preps/abouttestsuites.xml

@@ -11 +11 @@
   <title>About the Test Suites</title>
 
-  <para>Most packages provide a test suite. Running the test suite for a
-  newly built package is a good idea because it can provide a <quote>sanity
-  check</quote> indicating that everything compiled correctly. A test suite
-  that passes its set of checks usually proves that the package is
-  functioning as the developer intended. It does not, however, guarantee
-  that the package is totally bug free.</para>
-
-  <para>It is not possible to run testsuites when cross-compiling, so package installation instructions do not explain how to run testsuites until <xref linkend="chapter-building-system"/>.</para>
+  <para>Most packages provide a test suite, usually a script or
+  <command>make</command> target, which tests the just-compiled programs or
+  libraries by executing or linking to them. Test suites are often useful
+  for verifying that a package compiled correctly. However, they cannot
+  be run while cross-compiling so we will not mention test suite commands
+  for any packages until <xref linkend="chapter-building-system"/>.</para>
 
 </sect1>